Abstract
Herein, the conductivity measurement technique is used to determine the interactions that may occur between polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) polymer and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) surfactant in the presence of NaCl and Na(2)SO(4) of fixed concentration at variable temperatures (298.15-323.15 K) with an interval of 5 K. In the absence or presence of salts, we observed three critical micelle concentrations (CMC) for the CPC + PVP mixture. In all situations, CMC(1) values of CPC + PVP system were found to be higher in water than in attendance of salts (NaCl and Na(2)SO(4)). Temperature and additives have the tendency to affect counterion binding values. Various physico-chemical parameters were analyzed and demonstrated smoothly, including free energy (ΔG(0)(m)), enthalpy (ΔH(0)(m)) and entropy change (ΔS(0)(m)). The micellization process is achieved to be spontaneous based on the obtained negative ΔG(0)(m) values. The linearity of the ΔHmo and ΔSmo values is excellent. The intrinsic enthalpy gain (ΔH(0*)(m)) and compensation temperature (T(c)) were calculated and discussed with logical points. Interactions of polymer hydrophobic chains or the polymer + surfactant associated with amphiphilic surface-active drugs can employ a strong impact on the behavior of the gels.